Honestly quite the downgrade in some departments imo. You cant swap the battery without a screwdriver anymore (was great for hiking with a secondary battery) and no USB3 which also means no DP over USBC.
cant swap the battery without a screwdriver anymore
The horror. Imagine using any other phone where you can’t take the battery out at all (at least until 2027 when all phones will be forced to have removable batteries).
I think Fairphone has bigger contentions to deal with than having to use a screwdriver.
I was reading that actually this change helped make the phone thinner and lighter, and they used a softer battery instead of the old one with a hard shell, so it was definitely a compromise.
I lost a motorola battery off a cliff I wasn’t even standing particularly near once while attempting a battery swap… I suppose I succeeded at swapping the battery at least.
Honestly quite the downgrade in some departments imo. You cant swap the battery without a screwdriver anymore (was great for hiking with a secondary battery) and no USB3 which also means no DP over USBC.
The horror. Imagine using any other phone where you can’t take the battery out at all (at least until 2027 when all phones will be forced to have removable batteries).
I think Fairphone has bigger contentions to deal with than having to use a screwdriver.
Actually to me that’s an improvement as my back plate, and thus my battery, has come loose causing the phone to sometimes turn off when it falls.
Stop dropping your phone then lol But yeah there is always a tradeoff i guess.
I was reading that actually this change helped make the phone thinner and lighter, and they used a softer battery instead of the old one with a hard shell, so it was definitely a compromise.
I lost a motorola battery off a cliff I wasn’t even standing particularly near once while attempting a battery swap… I suppose I succeeded at swapping the battery at least.